Enchantress along the Eno

…Project and North Carolina State Parks. Available from https:/auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/index.php. 3. Wikipedia contributors. “Circe.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 23 Jun. 2021. Web. 30 Jun. 2021. 4. Wikipedia…

Allen Hierome Curtiss

…ex Small Lespedeza hirta ssp. curtissii Clewell Ludwigia curtissii Chapman Lythrum curtissii Fern. Oenothera curtissii Small Polygala curtissii Gray Rhynchospora curtissii Britton Scleria curtissii Britton Sporobolus curtissii Small ex Kearney…

Harold Ernest Parks

…in the San Francisco Bay are while young Harold attended public school. He became a member of the California National Guard in San Rafael, and his unit was mustered into…

Mordecai Elisha Hyams

…M.E. (1877) The botanic business of western North Carolina, read before the N.C. State Agricultural Society. The Charlotte Democrat, Friday November 23, 1877. 26(1306): [1].   The following obituary of…

Augustin Gattinger

…Bailey, Agalinis gattingeri (Small) Small, and Amsonia tabernaemontana var. gattingeri Woods.   The following is an excerpt from the PREFACE of: Gattinger, Augustin (1901) The flora of Tennessee and a…

Albert Commons

…explored habitats he described as “sandy swamps,” “ponds,” “wet sand,” “pine barrens,” “bogs,” “wet places,’ “dry sand,” and “dry woods.” On this day he collected 19 species, in addition to…

Alfred Cuthbert

…Sorrie in the Sandhills Game Lands of North Carolina. Allium cuthbertii Small Chelone cuthbertii Small Cuthbertia graminea Small Cuthbertia ornata Small Cuthbertia rosea (Ventenat) Small Cyanococcus cuthbertii Small (now Vaccinium…

Rachel Milner Fell Treakle

…he studied under Joshua Hoopes, a leading botanist…In the fall of 1828 at the age of 20, Fell headed west with a small amount of money and what he could…